decidernoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈsaɪ.dər/us/dɪˈsaɪ.ɚ/decider noun [ C ] (GAME)
mainly UK a final game or competition that allows one person or team to win, or the winning point scored:
They lost what was regarded as the championship decider at Leeds.
Jones scored the decider in the final minute.
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Parts & stages of competitions
- a game in hand idiom
- added time
- cup tie
- elimination
- extra time
- final
- full time
- game
- hand
- kick
- kick off
- lap
- leg
- penalty shootout
- prelim
- quarter
- the home straight
- timeout
- victory
- walkover
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decider noun [ C ] (PERSON)
mainly US a person who makes the decisions in a particular situation:
The president is the decider in these matters.
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Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- judgment call
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- nail sth down
- name
- name the day idiom
- spin a coin idiom
- toss
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